Name: Moong Dal Halwa Easy
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Green gram (Cheruparippu/Moong dal); 1 cup Sugar; ½ cup Milk; 2 cups Water; ½ tsp Saffron; Mawa/khoya (¾ cup); 1 cup Ghee; 8 nos Almonds (Badam); 4 nos Cardamom (Elakka)

Moong Dal Halwa Easy

Moong dal halwa recipe, a classic delicious rajasthani sweet that is made for special occasions and festivals like diwali. It is a rich, creamy and pudding-like dessert.

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Prep Time 30 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Cuisine North Indian

Servings people

Ingredients

1 cup Green gram Cheruparippu/Moong dal
1 cup Sugar
½ cup Milk
2 cups Water
½ tsp Saffron
Mawa/khoya ¾ cup
1 cup Ghee
8 nos Almonds Badam
4 nos Cardamom Elakka

Instructions

Wash and soak the dal overnight.
Grind coarsely, using very little water.
Prepare a one string sugar syrup with sugar and water.
Soak saffron in hot milk.
Crumble mawa into fine granules.
Blanch almonds. Cool, peel and cut them finely.
Heat ghee in a kadai or a pan.
Add ground dal and fry till golden brown on a low heat and keep stirring .
Add the sugar syrup and saffron milk. Mix well and cook till halwa is of dropping consistency.
Add mawa and cook till it dissolves.
Garnish with crushed cardamoms and sliced almonds.
:- Serve hot.

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Response (6)

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handsome.B.wonderful October 1, 2003

u cant cook

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Mrs Sundar May 21, 2006

HI,
Can anyone tell me what is mawa/khoya (the ingredient)
in this receipe?
I checked at glossary. But, I could not find the translation
in english or tamil. Thank you.

p

phebe July 12, 2005

it`s really tasty

B

Brij June 17, 2005

Its Excellent


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Geeta Kulkarni June 19, 2006

It is really delicious and very healthy. My husband likes different types of new sweet receipes and I like to make and serve for him.

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Tanu Kapoor October 19, 2006

Mam I would like to tell you that MAVA is a mixture of all the dry fruits.

Moong Dal Halwa Easy